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candrew said:
Yeah but times have definitely changed. Today, when it comes to injuries, the training staff and coaches make the decision as to who plays who doesn't - Rodney Hood confirmed this via Twitter on Monday. Stockton and Malone had the clout to override the trainers and play through injuries.

Today players don't have or want this responsibility. Their agents probably tell them the same thing - too much money on the line.
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Stockton and Malone were straight savages though. They fought through all of the **** they took on the court and played elite basketball into their 40s. Not many in the history of this league can even come close to that type of production. MJ took vacations from the league to preserve his career.

Stockton and Malone probably didn't bitch about pullin hammys like Bozzer. #holdat Today's NBA players *cough Hayward *cough George Hill *cough Burks are just divas compared to Stock and Malone. Could you imagine someone telling John Stockton that he's got to sit out tonight's game? Nah, me neither.
 
kabenac said:
There's a difference between being soft and being injury-prone. Hill, Hayward, Burks, etc. play hard. Unfortunately, they're getting injured/are injured. Favors no doubt wants to play. He plays tough. And Burke drives toward the hoop with reckless abandon. Definitely not soft players.
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Hill has missed over a month with sore digits. That's soft.
Hayward hurt a finger missed a month. Soft.
Favors missed like 2 months last year with a bad mattress. Then this year he has i.t band syndrome. That's a combination of being dumb and bad luck.
Burks plays too wild and hurt himself with his style of play. And Paul Pierce hit him dirty. So he decided to have surgery on his ankle 3 months ago to clean it up. I'm not sure but surgury usually takes 6-8 weeks to heal so what's the deal?
Hood misses games all the time with minor injuries. Either he's soft or injury prone and playing thru most of it.
Either way the training staff isn't doing enough to get the guys ready to play. Something has to change or this will continue.

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nateboz said:
Hill has missed over a month with sore digits. That's soft.
Hayward hurt a finger missed a month. Soft.
Favors missed like 2 months last year with a bad mattress. Then this year he has i.t band syndrome. That's a combination of being dumb and bad luck.
Burks plays too wild and hurt himself with his style of play. And Paul Pierce hit him dirty. So he decided to have surgery on his ankle 3 months ago to clean it up. I'm not sure but surgury usually takes 6-8 weeks to heal so what's the deal?
Hood misses games all the time with minor injuries. Either he's soft or injury prone and playing thru most of it.
Either way the training staff isn't doing enough to get the guys ready to play. Something has to change or this will continue.

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Great analysis.
 
kabenac said:
There's a difference between being soft and being injury-prone. Hill, Hayward, Burks, etc. play hard. Unfortunately, they're getting injured/are injured. Favors no doubt wants to play. He plays tough. And Burke drives toward the hoop with reckless abandon. Definitely not soft players.
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I agree but by the same token, if a key guy is perpetually out with back strain it might be time for a trade in.
 
Look I found a group picture of our starters. Minus Gobert.

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I like how Hayward called out all the boneheaded fans who were calling the Jazz soft. He seemed pissed -- nice to see the fire.
 
nateboz said:
Hill has missed over a month with sore digits. That's soft.
Hayward hurt a finger missed a month. Soft.
Favors missed like 2 months last year with a bad mattress. Then this year he has i.t band syndrome. That's a combination of being dumb and bad luck.
Burks plays too wild and hurt himself with his style of play. And Paul Pierce hit him dirty. So he decided to have surgery on his ankle 3 months ago to clean it up. I'm not sure but surgury usually takes 6-8 weeks to heal so what's the deal?
Hood misses games all the time with minor injuries. Either he's soft or injury prone and playing thru most of it.
Either way the training staff isn't doing enough to get the guys ready to play. Something has to change or this will continue.

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Saint Cy of JFC said:
Great analysis.
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nateboz said:
Gobert goes to the 6th man role as the jazz end up starting Faors and Lyles.

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